RIVERSIDE — A California Highway Patrol officer was killed and two officers others wounded during a "long and horrific gun battle" at a traffic stop on a freeway near Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday. The driver of a pickup truck who reached into his vehicle for a rifle and opened fire also was killed as frightened motorists ran for cover.
KABC-TV reported that a man identified the shooter as his son, Aaron Luther, 49, of neighboring Beaumont. "He was so kind," his stepmother, Debbie Howard, told KTVU-TV. "You're not going to hear one bad word about him. He loved this job." Luther said his son served prison time for attempted murder but was released more than a decade ago. He says he doesn't know what his son was doing with a gun as a felon, which is illegal.After his truck was impounded, Aaron Luther called his wife to pick him up, his father said."She said she heard 'pop, pop, pop' ... gunfire, and then a bullet went through the windshield of her car," Luther said.
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